#47b8bb

Color #47b8bb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#47b8bb

RGB

rgb(71, 184, 187)

HSL

hsl(181.6, 46%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.6, 62%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(62%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(68.9, -30.49, -11.01)

LCH

lch(68.9, 32.42, 199.85)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.1007, 197.63)

HWB

hwb(181.6, 27.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb4a47

Analogous

#47bb84

#47b8bb

#477ebb

Triadic

#47b8bb

#bb47b8

#b8bb47

Split-complementary

#47b8bb

#bb477e

#bb8447

Tetradic

#47b8bb

#4a47bb

#bb4a47

#b8bb47

Square

#47b8bb

#8447bb

#bb4a47

#7ebb47

Shades

Color #47b8bb mixed toward black.

#3a9a9d

#2e7b7e

#235d5e

#173e3f

#0c1f1f

Tints

Color #47b8bb mixed toward white.

#66c4c6

#84d0d2

#a3dbdd

#c2e7e8

#e0f3f4

Tones

Color #47b8bb mixed toward gray.

#51afb1

#5aa6a8

#649c9e

#6e9394

#778a8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788ba · ΔE 29.3

Deuteranopia

#8178ba · ΔE 33.4

Tritanopia

#52baba · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #47b8bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#47b8bb]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#47b8bb (#47b8bb) is rgb(71, 184, 187) in RGB.

No, #47b8bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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